linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] OOM killer: wait for tasks with pending SIGKILL to exit

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.02.1310011545310.14977@chino.kir.corp.google.com>
Date:	Tue, 1 Oct 2013 15:46:10 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:	Sergey Dyasly <dserrg@...il.com>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Sha Zhengju <handai.szj@...bao.com>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] OOM killer: wait for tasks with pending SIGKILL to
 exit

On Tue, 1 Oct 2013, Sergey Dyasly wrote:

> If you are ok with the first change in my patch regarding fatal_signal_pending,
> I can send new patch with just that change.
> 

The entire patch is pointless, there's no need to give access to memory 
reserves simply because it is PF_EXITING.  If it needs memory, it will 
call the oom killer itself.
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